The Selection Committee for Sports Awards 2019 had nominated the winners earlier this month. The awards are given on the occasion of National Sports Day (29 August) to mark the birth anniversary of hockey wizard late Major Dhyanchand. A stalwart of the sport, Dhyanchand won three gold medals at the Olympics for pre-independent India.

Among the Arjuna awardees, Ravindra Jadeja, Anjum Moudgill, and Mohd Anas missed the ceremony owing to their professional commitments. Jadeja is currently in West Indies where the Indian cricket team is playing a bilateral series, Moudgill is representing India at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Rio that got underway on Wednesday, while Anas is in Lucknow to participate in the Inter-State Athletics Meet.

Khel Ratna awardee wrestler Bajrang Punia also missed the function as he is in Russia as a part of tune-up for the upcoming World Championships (14-22 September) in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

Here's a complete list of winners who were honoured today:

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Bajrang Puna (Wrestling)
Deepa Malik (Para-athletics)

Arjuna Award

Ravindra Jadeja (cricket)

Mohammed Anas Yahiya (athletics)

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (football)

Sonia Lather (boxing)

Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (hockey)

S Bhaskaran (bodybuilding)

Ajay Thakur (kabaddi)

Anjum Moudgil (shooting)

President Kovind confers Arjuna Award, 2019 upon Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth for his achievements in Badminton 🏸

🔹Bronze Medal in BWF World Tour Super 300 in 2018
🔹Gold Medal in BWF World Grand Prix in 2017
🔹Gold Medal in Singapore Open 2017 pic.twitter.com/Q6cZ70iuto